How To Install godmesg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install godmesg in Fedora 36. godmesg is Simpler parser for the /dev/kmsg format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install godmesg on Fedora 36.

What is `godmesg`

A simple cli-tool that functions similarly to dmesg –ctime –follow. This code serves both as a usage example and as a simple way to verify it works how you’d expect on a given system.

We can use yum or dnf to install godmesg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install godmesg.

Install godmesg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install godmesg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install godmesg

Install godmesg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install godmesg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install godmesg

How To Uninstall godmesg on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the godmesg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove godmesg

godmesg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/godmesg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/d9fdaff93387ce5e59c49cf2b7b0bfa4f4bf8f
/usr/share/doc/godmesg
/usr/share/doc/godmesg/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/godmesg
/usr/share/licenses/godmesg/LICENSE

References

godmesg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install godmesg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).